Proving one's status starting with magical girls

A world reflected in a mirror.

The white-robed immortal stood under the tree, while the girl sat on a stone table beside him, propping her face up with one hand, looking sullen.

Upon hearing her words, the white-robed immortal turned around, seemingly quite interested.

"Disciple, are you saying that you picked up the longsword magic weapon of the witch you mentioned during the melee, and after discovering that you could use the Taiyin magic power to control the magic sword, you had the idea of ​​helping them."

"After that, you found an opportunity, taking advantage of the witch's relaxed mind and lax defense, and used your magic sword to attack the witch."

"When you were wielding the magic sword, you cast the Golden Light spell twice in succession, once piercing through her body and heart, and once piercing through her chest and leaving a gash, which is how you finally killed that witch completely."

"And when you cast the Golden Light spell, that magical girl named Ina noticed you, so she assumed you knew magic and wanted to become your apprentice so you could teach her magic, right?"

"...That's about it."

The girl added hesitantly.

"Actually, she wasn't just talking about cultivators, but also fighters, soul masters, magicians, wizards, reincarnators..."

"Anyway, the organization they belong to is all about researching these weird and strange things!"

"And I heard that even the name 'Chinese Heretical Society' was copied from the internet..."

Yuan An seemed to be deep in thought.

"It seems that even magical girls aren't without flaws. Although they possess considerable magical power after transforming, they are no different from ordinary people before transforming."

"It is precisely because of this nature of magical girls that the magical girl Ina insisted that you possessed extraordinary abilities other than magical girl techniques."

"But why doesn't she think that you, my disciple, have any connection with that so-called 'Demon Angel Disciple' or 'Witch'?"

The white-haired immortal asked with some curiosity, but the latter shook his head, looking puzzled.

"I asked her that too, but she said I'd find out when I became a magical girl..."

After the words were spoken, both of them fell silent.

Li Jiangqun was a bit better off. Although she had transformed into a magical girl, it wasn't her who transformed herself at the time, so it was normal that she didn't know some of the experiences.

Yuan An was speechless, he thought to himself.

"How strange! When I possessed Qun'er, I undoubtedly used supernatural powers. Why did that magical girl think that Qun'er's Yin magic was unrelated to her?"

However, some things cannot be understood by thinking alone; ultimately, they must be put into practice.

Yuan An looked at his disciple, whose face was full of worry, and sighed softly.

I never imagined that just one time he was away from Qun'er would result in such a big incident.

Fortunately, his apprentice was brave and resourceful, and managed to get through this ordeal without serious injury; otherwise, he would have been truly devastated.

But he couldn't always be by his disciple's side, especially since he now had some clues about how to lift up the Mirror Cave Heaven.

As long as he can lift the cave out of the mirror, everything will be alright.

After much thought, Yuan An decided to start with the cultivation arts that he was most skilled in.

The moonlight condensed into a square in his hand, and after a moment's thought, he wrote the names of dozens of herbs on it.

Li Jiangqun curiously leaned closer to look at the prescription, only to find that the text on it was densely packed, and she couldn't understand a single word!

"Master, what are you writing?" she asked, bewildered.

Yuan An glanced at her, then changed the characters on the square to Small Seal script.

The girl understood it now, but not completely.

The obscure names of the herbs and the abstract seal script swirled in her mind, like some unfathomable math problem. She saw stars after just a couple of glances and almost collapsed to the ground.

Yuan An remained silent for a moment.

The things he wrote with moonlight did indeed possess some innate mystique, but he was still a cultivator, even if he was only at the embryonic breathing stage. Was it really necessary to embarrass himself like this just for looking at a prescription?

Yuan An spoke earnestly to the girl.

"If you ever go out and make your own way in the world, never say that you are my disciple."

"...Huh? Why?"

The girl was stunned.

But the white-haired immortal let out a cold snort.

"I can't afford to lose face like this!"

The girl fell silent.

Yuan An picked up his pen and revised the prescription again and again. First, fearing that there were no spiritual medicines in this world, he changed spiritual medicines such as snake and dragon fruit to ordinary medicinal materials. Then, fearing that the medicinal properties of these medicinal materials were different, he simply removed all the names of the medicines and wrote down the medicinal properties of the required medicinal materials.

With a flick of his wrist, the prescription flew into Li Jiangqun's brow.

The prescription unfolded in her mind, transforming into obscure words, and the girl couldn't help but ask.

"It's warm in nature, promotes life, nourishes qi, and has a sour taste... Master, what are you trying to do?"

The white-haired immortal simply uttered two words.

"Alchemy."

"Alchemy?"

"good."

Yuan An paced under the tree as he explained to his disciple.

"After you descend to the mortal realm, buy some medicinal herbs according to the properties of the prescription. If you don't recognize them, you can write down their properties and have the herb shopkeeper get the medicine for you."

"Although my Yuan Mansion has countless elixirs and miraculous medicines, they are all elixirs for those with supernatural powers. Your cultivation is still too shallow for you to take these elixirs."

"Before you cultivated the Mysterious Realm Wheel, you couldn't use your magic power, so we could only let you cultivate slowly."

"After what happened today, my disciple, you should understand that in the path of cultivation, strength is paramount. Because you were only at the embryonic stage, that witch put your life in danger. But what if you had absorbed spiritual energy, built a foundation for your cultivation, and mastered supernatural powers?"

"Last year you feared her, today you fear her instead."

"My disciple, you only need to go down to the mortal realm to buy these common medicines with medicinal properties, and I will be able to refine some spiritual pills for you to take to aid your cultivation."

"With the help of the elixir, my disciple's cultivation path will finally be successful."

The girl pondered for a moment after hearing this.

"Master, won't my head become pointy if I eat the elixir you refined?"

Yuan An raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Uh, if I take elixirs to cultivate, will my cultivation become unstable and my realm become unstable, and then my Dao heart will be shattered when the protagonist challenges me from a higher level... I've read that's how it's written in novels."

"Hehe, you can rest assured about this disciple."

The white-haired immortal spoke with an inscrutable expression.

"Others' cultivation levels are achieved through their own efforts. Not only is their internal energy chaotic, but their foundation for immortality is also inferior, weak and unstable."

"But the disciples of my Yuan family cultivate with the essence of the moon and achieve true supernatural powers with the golden branches of the laurel. They possess the five medicines of a true person and the five directions of an immortal."

"Our Yuanfu disciples use these pure and profound elixirs and medicines to gradually improve their cultivation and stabilize their realm."

"The difference in quality is obvious!"